"Clementine Churchill": family correspondence, 1945, 1945-01 - 1968-03
Scope and Contents
Correspondence between Randolph Churchill, CSC, MS, Winston Churchill and Sarah Oliver [earlier Sarah Churchill, later Sarah Beauchamp and Sarah, Lady Audley] on subjects including: Randolph's problems with communications in Croatia; his financial affairs; news from Greece; King Peter of Yugoslavia [later Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, and Slovenia]; Randolph's view of the local Partisans; reducing smoking; his attempts at cooking in Croatia; a V2 bomb falling close to CSC's Fulmer Chase Maternity Hospital; CSC's visit to the Soviet Union; treatment on Randolph's injured knee; conditions for MS's ATS unit [Auxiliary Territorial Service] in Belgium; watching the Allied advance in the air, March 1945; MS's MBE; the aftermath of the General Election.
Dates
- Creation: 1945-01 - 1968-03
Creator
- From the Fonds: Soames, Mary, Dame, 1922 - 2014 (née Churchill, writer, wife of Baron Soames) (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Extent
1 file(s)
Language of Materials
English
Finding aid date
2015-11-13 12:35:51.517000+00:00
Repository Details
Part of the Churchill Archives Centre Repository
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